Brooch



F/H. HORTON.

BROOCH.

APPLICATION FILED MAR, 31. 1920.

Patented Apr. 19, 1921.;

Fly 1 rarsnr OFFICE.

BROOCH.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 19, 1921.

Application filed March 31, 1920. SerialNo. 370,187.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, FREDERICK HART Hon- TON, subject of the King of Great Britam, and residing at 10 Regent Place, Birmingham, England, have invented a certain new and useful Brooch, of which the following is a specification.

This invention comprises an attachment or provision for brooches and the like, to support the hinge and maintain the p n in proper engagement with the hook or corresponding part on the brooch which receives the pin. Hinges or brooch pins frequently comprise a coil, or coils, of the wirewhlch form a pin itself, so that a spring hinge is formed. In use these hinges frequently get malformed so that the pin loses its spring tendency and is not secure 1n 1ts fas- .tener.

To such hinges my invention is particularly applicable, but it may be applied to brooches and safety pins having other forms of hinges.

My invention comprises a clip or socket part to embrace the pin, or the back part or bar of the brooch, and a spring means to bear resiliently against the back of the brooch, or the pin, as the case may be, to form a spring support 'near the hinge. As the pin is closed this resilient support comes into use and keeps the pin tight in the fastening hook or like'means.

In the appended explanatory drawings Figure l is a side elevation of an ordinary brooch showing the usual slack condition of the pin on its hinge.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a brooch with my improved device applied.

Fi 3 is a side elevation of the same.

Fig". i is a side view closed. 7

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the device detached. I

Fig. 6 is a front end view of the same.

Fig. 7 is a similar view to Fig. 5 but showing a slight modification. I

In the drawings a represents any brooch having a hinged pin 6, a hooklike fastener 0, or other suitable fastenings for engaging the pins and (Z is my improved device for forming a spring support near the hinge of the pin. I

-As one embodiment of the device (Z which can easily be made and applied, I form out of a single piece of metal a split tubular socket part 6 adapted to be slided over the pin 6 to clasp the same tightly, a curved spring part or loop f, and a resilient tongue or blade 9.

The end of the blade 9 may be flat to seat against a flat back of a brooch e or concave in cross section to engage a thin bar, or may be bifurcated for this purpose. The drawing shows a crutch end h, and at Fig.

7 a curved plain end I may form the device from steel suitably hardened and tempered, or there may be suflicient resilience for the purpose in various grades of steel, or in non-ferrous metals, or the more precious metals.

The device (i should be pushed on the pin 6 close up to the hinge of the brooch and when quite close to the hinge of the brooch is not in the way as the pin is passed through the material of the garment or the like.

I claim l .1. For resiliently supporting the hinged fastening member or pin of brooches and similar articles, a device comprising in combination aclip part, a spring part which projects from that end of the said clip part which is adjacent to the pin hinge when the de ice is in position, the said spring part being bent back upon itself to form a spring I loop 7", a resilient blade extending from said loop at an angle, and an extended bearing extremity to said blade.

2. For resiliently supporting the hinged fastening member or pin of brooches and similar articles, a device comprising in combination a clip part of split tubular form adapted to embrace the fastening member or pin,a spring part which projects from that end of the said clip part which is adjacent to the pin hinge when the device is in posi tion, the said spring part being bent back upon itself to form a spring loop 7", and a resilient blade extending. from said loop at an acute angle to said clip part, said blade terminating in a crutch extremity.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

FREDERICK HART HORTON. 

